About Pokhari Village

Pokhari is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 367, made up of 165 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,224 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokhari village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Tehri
Pincode	249196
Area (hectares)	127.97 hectares
Population	367
Male Population	165
Female Population	202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,224
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pokhari compares

By the 2011 count Pokhari is the 73rd largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 127.97 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Pokhari

Pokhari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pokhari as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pokhari from other places

Pokhari lies about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 50 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Pokhari
Tehsil headquarters	Tehri	13 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	13 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	50 km

Villages closest to Pokhari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tehri tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Pokhari

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokhari village had a population of 367. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Pokhari village has 165 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokhari has about 1224 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Pokhari is 249196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokhari covers 127.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pokhari falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokhari is Rishikesh, about 50 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Pokhari.

Pokhari is about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pokhari is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 13 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 13 km away. Rishikesh is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.